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Frank Edward Agan (1906-2001) —
also known as Frank E. Agan —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; East Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Glenwood, Mills
County, Iowa, March 4,
1906.
Republican. Accountant
for Nevada Northern Railway;
member of Nevada
Republican State Executive Committee, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1948;
chair
of White Pine County Republican Party, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died May 5,
2001 (age 95 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Serenity
Falls Columbarium, Morgan County, Colo.
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George Sherman Banta (1884-1952) —
also known as George S. Banta —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa.
Born in Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa, July 2,
1884.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; farmer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1924.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, August
1, 1952 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Manchester, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of M. S. Banta and Briget (Hickey) Banta; married, January
1, 1907, to Elizabeth Davis; married, July 15,
1936, to Stella T. Mutschler. |
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Howard Clair Belton (1893-1988) —
also known as Howard C. Belton —
of Canby, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Algona, Kossuth
County, Iowa, January
2, 1893.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1933; member of Oregon
state senate, 1939-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1944,
1952,
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee); Oregon
state treasurer, 1960-65; appointed 1960; defeated, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died in Canby, Clackamas
County, Ore., November
21, 1988 (age 95 years, 324
days).
Interment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Bertram Calvin Benham (1871-1944) —
also known as Bert C. Benham —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, December
5, 1871.
Democrat. Banker; Muscatine
County Auditor, 1894; candidate for Iowa state
auditor, 1894; Muscatine city clerk, 1896-1902; mayor
of Muscatine, Iowa; elected 1926.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Royal
and Select Masters; Order of the Eastern Star.
Died in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, August
25, 1944 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Richard C. Berry (b. 1876) —
of Pomeroy, Calhoun
County, Iowa.
Born in England,
November
8, 1876.
Republican. Banker;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Calhoun County; elected 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Modern
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Berry and Mary Berry; married 1904 to Nellie
Holmes. |
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Robert Donald Blue (1898-1989) —
of Eagle Grove, Wright
County, Iowa.
Born in Eagle Grove, Wright
County, Iowa, September
24, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1932;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1935-42; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1941-42; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1943-45; Governor of
Iowa, 1945-49.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star.
Died December
13, 1989 (age 91 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard E. Brookings (1902-1977) —
of Oakland, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb., January
24, 1902.
Republican. Movie
theater owner; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Pottawattamie County; elected
1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Eagles.
Died in May, 1977
(age 75
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Willard E. Brookings and Lotta J. Brookings; married 1923 to Gretna
M. Charles. |
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Robert O. Burrows Sr. (b. 1899) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa.
Born in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., June 29,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Benton County, 1951.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Guy G. Butler (b. 1887) —
of Rolfe, Pocahontas
County, Iowa.
Born in Beattie, Marshall
County, Kan., March 5,
1887.
Republican. Dentist;
farm
owner; banker;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Pocahontas County; elected
1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1952.
Member, Psi
Omega; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Farm
Bureau; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921 to Summa
Grenova. |
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Raymond Cornick (b. 1889) —
of New London, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Henry
County, Iowa, February
19, 1889.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Henry County; elected 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Cornick and India B. Cornick; married, November
10, 1910, to Ruth Campbell. |
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Helen Margaret Crabb (b. 1916) —
also known as Helen Margaret Rohrer; Mrs. John W.
Crabb —
of Jamaica, Guthrie
County, Iowa.
Born in Lavinia, Calhoun
County, Iowa, November
11, 1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Guthrie County; elected 1950.
Female.
Member, Delta
Delta Delta; Order of the Eastern Star.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of O. Otis Rohrer and Jessie (Lauder) Rohrer; married to
John William Crabb. |
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Edward Ellsworth Good (1862-1937) —
also known as Edward E. Good —
of Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.
Born in Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa, May 13,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; Saunders
County Attorney, 1895-96; director, First National Bank of
Wahoo; district judge in Nebraska 5th District, 1912-22; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1923-37; died in office 1937.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died August
3, 1937 (age 75 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Calvin Good and Mary Anne (McCullough) Good;
married, July 8,
1885, to Orpha J. Gillilan. |
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Robert Kingman Goodwin (1905-1983) —
also known as Robert K. Goodwin —
of Redfield, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, May 23,
1905.
Republican. Farmer; brick and clay
tile manufacturer; bank
director; mayor of Redfield, Iowa, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1940-41; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1952;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1952-56.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., February
21, 1983 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Cemetery, West Des Moines, Iowa.
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John Robert Hansen (1901-1974) —
also known as John R. Hansen —
of Manning, Carroll
County, Iowa.
Born in Manning, Carroll
County, Iowa, August
24, 1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1960; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Rotary;
Lions.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, September
23, 1974 (age 73 years, 30
days).
Interment at Manning
Cemetery, Manning, Iowa.
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Maude Hicks Hickman —
also known as Mrs. Charles S. Hickman —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Republican. Member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-45; member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1945-49; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Halleck Jonas Mantz (1877-1958) —
also known as Halleck J. Mantz; H. J.
Mantz —
of Audubon, Audubon
County, Iowa.
Born in Koszta, Iowa
County, Iowa, September
23, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Audubon
County Attorney, 1908-11; Mayor of Audubon, Iowa, 1913-17; member
of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1917-21; member of Iowa
state senate, 1921-25; district judge in Iowa 15th District,
1925-43; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1943-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Lions; Modern
Woodmen; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Iowa, November
14, 1958 (age 81 years, 52
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel L. Mantz and Harriett (Eddy) Mantz; married, August
27, 1910, to Dorothy A. Sandberg. |
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Lewis Eddy Merrill (1883-1960) —
also known as L. E. Merrill —
of Brunswick, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
5, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Chariton County, 1947-50.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star.
Died in Brunswick, Chariton
County, Mo., May 9,
1960 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Katheryn Clancy Metz —
also known as Katheryn C. Metz —
of Lamoni, Decatur
County, Iowa.
Born in Lucas, Lucas
County, Iowa.
Republican. Writer; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Decatur County; elected 1950.
Female.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Nicholas (b. 1892) —
of Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa.
Born in Butler
County, Iowa, October
10, 1892.
Republican. Butler
County Recorder, 1916-24; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War I; livestock
feeder; turkey
raiser; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1947; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1951-53, 1957-59.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William A. Nicholas and Elizabeth H. Nicholas; married 1922 to Viola
Folkers. |
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1951-52 |
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Jessie M. Parker (1879-1959) —
of Lake Mills, Winnebago
County, Iowa.
Born in Black Hawk
County, Iowa, February
25, 1879.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Winnebago
County Superintendent of Schools, 1915-27; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1939-54.
Female.
Member, Delta
Kappa Gamma; Phi
Theta Kappa; Order of the Eastern Star.
Inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of
Fame, 1986.
Died May 1,
1959 (age 80 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Frederick Raper Jr. (1913-1993) —
also known as John F. Raper, Jr. —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Mapleton, Monona
County, Iowa, June 13,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army
during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1953-61; Wyoming
state attorney general, 1963-66; district judge in Wyoming,
1966-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., June 10,
1993 (age 79 years, 362
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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Charles Armington Robins (1884-1970) —
also known as Charles A. Robins —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho.
Born in Defiance, Shelby
County, Iowa, December
8, 1884.
Republican. Physician;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1938-44; Governor of
Idaho, 1947-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American Medical
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Died in Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho, September
20, 1970 (age 85 years, 286
days).
Interment at Lewis
and Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Idaho.
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Edwynne Cutler Rosenbaum (1899-2003) —
also known as E. C. 'Polly' Rosenbaum —
of Hayden, Gila
County, Ariz.; Globe, Gila
County, Ariz.
Born in Ollie, Keokuk
County, Iowa, September
4, 1899.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1949-94; defeated, 1994;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona.
Female.
Member, Zonta;
Order of the Eastern Star.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
28, 2003 (age 104 years,
115 days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Agnes M. Samuelson (1887-1963) —
of Page
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Shenandoah, Page
County, Iowa, April 4,
1887.
Republican. School
teacher; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1927-39.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion Auxiliary; Order of the Eastern Star.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, May 12,
1963 (age 76 years, 38
days).
Interment somewhere
in Shenandoah, Iowa.
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Relatives:
Daughter of August Samuelson and Alvida (Johnson)
Samuelson. |
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Virginia Dodd Smith (1911-2006) —
also known as Virginia Smith; Virginia
Dodd —
of Chappell, Deuel
County, Neb.
Born in Randolph, Fremont
County, Iowa, June 30,
1911.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1975-91.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Daughters of the
American Revolution; American
Association of University Women; Order of the Eastern Star.
Died in Sun City West, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
23, 2006 (age 94 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fletcher B. Swank (1875-1950) —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born near Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa, April
24, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; private secretary to U.S. Rep Scott
Ferris, 1907-08; lawyer; Cleveland
County Judge, 1911-14; district judge in Oklahoma 14th District,
1915-20; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1921-29, 1931-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Woodmen
Circle.
Died in Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla., March
16, 1950 (age 74 years, 326
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Lawrence A. Trumbo (b. 1882) —
of Holdrege, Phelps
County, Neb.
Born in New Virginia, Warren
County, Iowa, July 13,
1882.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor
and builder; chair of
Phelps County Republican Party, 1933-40.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of W. Judson Trumbo and Mary L. (Spencer) Trumbo; married, April
12, 1905, to Nora E. Loving. |
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Clara Street Wescott (b. 1876) —
also known as Clara Edna Street —
of Plattsmouth, Cass
County, Neb.
Born in Red Oak, Montgomery
County, Iowa, June 26,
1876.
Republican. School
teacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1936.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Lew Street and Mary (McCullock) Street; married,
September
28, 1904, to Edgar Hilt Wescott. |
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